‘Resident Evil’ Star Austin Abrams Looked to ‘Shaun of the Dead’ for Inspiration
Some actors are preoccupied with looking badass no matter what’s going on around them. Others are not—thankfully, since being the opposite of self-conscious is usually the most entertaining choice. Austin Abrams falls into that latter category; we saw him deliver a vanity-free performance in Weapons, and a bit of that goofy side also emerges in Resident Evil, his latest horror collaboration with Zach Cregger.
- ▪Some actors are preoccupied with looking badass no matter what’s going on around them.
- ▪Others are not—thankfully, since being the opposite of self-conscious is usually the most entertaining choice.
- ▪Austin Abrams falls into that latter category; we saw him deliver a vanity-free performance in Weapons, and a bit of that goofy side also emerges in Resident Evil, his latest horror collaboration with Zach Cregger.
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Some actors are preoccupied with looking badass no matter what’s going on around them. Others are not—thankfully, since being the opposite of self-conscious is usually the most entertaining choice. Austin Abrams falls into that latter category; we saw him deliver a vanity-free performance in Weapons, and a bit of that goofy side also emerges in Resident Evil, his latest horror collaboration with Zach Cregger. In a new interview with the Hollywood Reporter, Abrams was asked about the piercing scream his character, Bryan, lets rip on occasion amid all the zombie chaos. “I wanted to look like the antithesis of the ‘cool action hero’ as much as I possibly could because that feels the most interesting,” he explained. “I haven’t seen it done as much.
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